Bloom Township is one of 29 townships in Cook County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2020 census, its population was 86,018 and it contained 33,964 housing units.
Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, Bloom Township covers an area of ; of this, is land and , or 0.59 percent, is water.
Cities, towns, villages Chicago Heights Flossmoor (east quarter) Ford Heights Glenwood (vast majority) Homewood (half) Lansing (south quarter) Lynwood Olympia Fields (small portion) Park Forest (small portion) Sauk Village (vast majority) South Chicago Heights Steger (north half)
The eastern third of Franciscan Health Dyer also resides in this township platted to Dyer but not officially recognized on the Illinois side.
Unincorporated Towns Graymoor at Holbrook at
Adjacent townships Thornton Township (north) North Township, Lake County, Indiana (northeast) St. John Township, Lake County, Indiana (east) Crete Township, Will County (south) Monee Township, Will County (southwest) Rich Township (west) Bremen Township (northwest)
Cemeteries The township contains these six cemeteries: Assumption, Bloom Presbyterian, Calvary, Mount Glenwood Memory Gardens, Saint James Catholic and Saint Pauls Evangelical Lutheran.
Major highways U.S. Route 30 Illinois Route 1 Illinois Route 394
Airports and landing strips Lansing Municipal Airport Mulderink Heliport Raeco Heliport
Lakes Sauk Lake Weatherstone Lake
Landmarks Cook County Forest Preserves
Demographics +Bloom Township, Illinois – Racial and ethnic compositionRace / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)Pop 2000Pop 2010% 2000% 2010White alone (NH)49,34730,31519,51452.55%33.34%22.69%Black or African American alone (NH)30,43041,09943,61432.41%45.20%50.70%Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)115108880.12%0.12%0.10%Asian alone (NH)7246816170.77%0.75%0.72%Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)1925460.02%0.03%0.05%Other race alone (NH)1001513640.11%0.17%0.42%Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)1,1981,4892,4461.28%1.64%2.84%Hispanic or Latino (any race)11,96817,05419,32912.75%18.76%22.47%Total93,90190,92286,018100.00%100.00%100.00% As of the 2020 census there were 86,018 people, 30,840 households, and 21,445 families residing in the township. The population density was . There were 33,964 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the township was 25.85% White, 51.34% African American, 0.71% Native American, 0.75% Asian, 0.09% Pacific Islander, 12.41% from other races, and 8.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 22.47% of the population.
There were 30,840 households, out of which 33.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.95% were married couples living together, 23.83% had a female householder with no spouse present, and 30.46% were non-families. 27.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.84 and the average family size was 3.48.
The township's age distribution consisted of 25.6% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 25.7% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 89.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the township was $57,108, and the median income for a family was $69,840. Males had a median income of $40,830 versus $31,717 for females. The per capita income for the township was $26,320. About 12.9% of families and 17.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 27.5% of those under age 18 and 12.5% of those age 65 or over.
Political districts Illinois's 2nd congressional district State House District 29 State House District 30 State House District 80 State Senate District 15 State Senate District 40
References
United States Census Bureau 2007 TIGER/Line Shapefiles United States National Atlas
External links Bloom Township official site City-Data.com Illinois State Archives Township Officials of Illinois Cook County official site